UK plans plain vape packaging to reduce youth vaping. The UK government has unveiled plans to ban colourful vape packaging, child-friendly branding and flavour names inspired by sweets and cocktails as part of a wider effort to curb vaping among children and teenagers, BBC reportsThe proposals form part of a 12-week public consultation launched under…
India’s Abhishek Sharma (ANI Photo) Abhishek Sharma added an unusual record to his name during India’s fifth T20I against England at The Rose Bowl, becoming the player with the most T20I appearances before playing either a Test or an ODI for a Full Member nation.The left-handed opener featured in his 53rd T20I for India on…
Pune: A family of three, a couple and their 10-year-old daughter, was on returning home in Badlapur on a scooter when an SUV took a reverse and hit their two-wheeler and killed the girl on Bopdev Maharaj bridge in Ravet on the Pune-Mumbai highway.The parents of the girl suffered severe head injuries. The accident occurred…
Jaipur: The Rajasthan High Court has quashed an order of the Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation (RSRTC) permanently withholding the pension of an 80-year-old retired employee convicted in a corruption case, observing that even in such matters authorities cannot bypass principles of natural justice.A single-judge bench of Justice Anand Sharma passed the order on May…
Lucknow: Medical libraries at govt healthcare institutions play a crucial role in improving health literacy, combating medical misinformation and promoting evidence-based patient care, a study by researchers from Lucknow University’s Department of Library and Information Science has found.The study was conducted across three govt medical institutions in Lucknow — King George’s Medical University (KGMU), Sanjay…
An individual can wake up every morning, commute to work, scroll through their phone, and talk with friends while quietly giving up on their curiosity, passion, and self-belief. The body keeps breathing, but the inner drive that once pushed them forward has gone cold.This quiet, internal surrender is the heart of a famous modern saying:…
Hyderabad: Central Crime Station sleuths of Hyderabad have registered a criminal case against a jeweller from Somajiguda for allegedly duping a Bengaluru-based jeweller of ₹7.8 crore.The complainant, Mukesh Kumar Jain, alleged that Nitin Ramesh Gulabani, owner of KV Jewellers and Nitin Jewellers in Hyderabad, along with his brother Vipin Ramesh Gulabani, their staff Dhanraj Singh…
Chennai: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Monday announced enhanced state incentives for paddy and sugarcane, taking the procurement price to a record Rs 2,750 per quintal for fine variety paddy, Rs 2,600 for common variety and Rs 4,000 per tonne for sugarcane.Making the announcement under Rule 110 in the assembly, Vijay said the state…
Mumbai: The Fee Regulatory Authority (FRA) has slashed the fees for undergraduate professional courses such as BBA (Bachelor of Business Administration), BCA (Bachelor of Computer Applications) and BMS (Bachelor of Management Studies), cutting them in many cases to one-third of the amounts proposed by colleges. Some colleges claimed they had sought annual fees of Rs…
Chhattisgarh Board of Secondary Education has declared the Class 10 and 12 results 2026, and early trends once again point to a familiar pattern- girls outperforming boys across both examinations. The results continue a multi-year trend where female students have consistently maintained a lead in pass percentages.In Class 12, previous year data shows girls clearly…
